DayZ Standalone is still in Alpha, in fact, it won’t hit beta until possibly the end of the year. However that isn’t stopping Dean Hall and friends from working on new major improvements that are going to be added soon.

The inventory You’ve got the basics, but now you need to gear-up. Quickly. DayZ’s inventory isn’t particularly user-friendly. Save yourself about an hour of “wtf” with these tips. Tip 1! Know your limits. The amount of space you have is dictated by your kit. You start off in a pair of jeans, so you only […]

Controls You’ve got the DayZ basics in hand. But do you have control? DayZ can be baffling at first, and you’ll need to know some keys before you set out. The game doesn’t explain anything to you, and some of the defaults aren’t what you’d expect from a first-person action affair. So here’s a lift: […]

DayZ isn’t easy. Here are some quick tips to get you going. Um. I don’t know what’s happening. Welcome to DayZ! This is a game about being confused and scared, emotions accentuated by nothing being explained to you. At all. We’re assuming you’ve never played ARMA III (the military shooter on which DayZ was originally […]

DayZ Standalone has sold over 2 million copies on Steam, Dean Hall announced on Twitter. “Just over 2 years ago the DayZ mod released. Today, the Standalone game just broke 2 million units in under 6 months,” he tweeted. In January, it was announced sales had passed 800,000 in under one month after it managed […]

DayZ creator Dean Hall has revealed that he has spoken “extensively with Microsoft” about its Xbox One hardware and although you shouldn’t read too much into what he’s said, it seems that other, unnamed sites have already done that for you, claiming that the game could come to the console. That’s not necessarily the case, […]

DayZ creator Dean Hall has revealed that he has spoken “extensively with Microsoft” about its Xbox One hardware and although you shouldn’t read too much into what he’s said, it seems that other, unnamed sites have already done that for you, claiming that the game could come to the console. That’s not necessarily the case, […]

The Humble Weekly sale is live and features the following titles from Bohemia Interactive: Arma 2, Take On Helicopters, UFO: Afterlight, Alpha Prime, Arma: Gold Edition and Arma Tactics. If you pay over $6 you will also net Carrier Command: Gaea Mission, Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead, and Arma 2: DayZ Mod. Hit up the link […]

What are VG247′s most-anticipated game releases of 2014 and why? We’re sure it’s a question you lay awake at night pondering, but now you can rest your weary head as we reveal our top picks from the year ahead.

DayZ Standalone has a new video available in which developer Dean Hall shows 10 minutes of gameplay taken after spawning into a multiplayer test. The video shows all pre-alpha footage, and makes “no effort to mask the variety of bugs.” Hall said the team’s focus at the moment is on getting the alpha out “which […]

DayZ will be getting a new zombie AI system, according to the latest update on the game’s blog. Dean Hall is in the process of writing the new code, which will see more natural pathing, the avoidance of obstacles and the ability to change course based on player location. Hall said revamping the AI won’t […]

DayZ creator Dean Hall has discussed some of his aspirations for future updates to his survival sandbox, and he explained how Eve Onlie has taught him a thing or two about creating an interesting persistent world.